Understanding Health Inequalities
Published on 16. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-335-20553-0 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding Health Inequalities turns the spotlight on a question at the heart of health and welfare policy. Why is there a social class gradient in health? How do socio-economic inequalities in life chances and living conditions take their toll on health? The book tackles the questions of why and how by drawing on UK research funded under the ESRC's Health Variations Programme. The authors - at the forefront of research in their field - focus on issues which hold the key to explaining and reducing health inequalities. Separate sections of the book focus on:
* ethnicity, gender and socio-economic status
* how health is shaped by experiences and exposures over the lifecourse
* how our home and neighbourhood may have an additional influence on our health.
A fourth theme - that of policy development and policy impact - runs through these sections and is explicitly addressed in the concluding chapter. Written with the student and practitioner in mind, Understanding Health Inequalities is designed to make cutting-edge research on health inequalities accessible to both the academic and policy communities.
* ethnicity, gender and socio-economic status
* how health is shaped by experiences and exposures over the lifecourse
* how our home and neighbourhood may have an additional influence on our health.
A fourth theme - that of policy development and policy impact - runs through these sections and is explicitly addressed in the concluding chapter. Written with the student and practitioner in mind, Understanding Health Inequalities is designed to make cutting-edge research on health inequalities accessible to both the academic and policy communities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
map
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-20553-0 (9780335205530)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Hilary Graham is Professor of Health Sciences at the University of York. Her research spans social and health inequalities, and she also plays an active role in research translation and policy development.
Content
Notes on contributors
Introduction
The challenge of health inequalities
Part 1: Ethnicity, Gender and Socio-economic Inequality
Ethnicity, health and the meaning of socio-economic position
Identity and structure
re-thinking ethnic inequalities in health
Dimensions of inequality and the health of women
Part 2: The Influence of Lifecourse and Biography
Lifecourse influences on health in early old age
Income and health over the lifecourse
evidence and policy implications
Barriers rooted in biography
how interpretations of family patterns of heart disease and early life experiences may undermine behavioural change in mid-life
Part 3: The Influence of Home and Place
Housing tenure and health inequalities
a three dimensional perspective on people, homes and neighbourhoods
Putting health inequalities on the map
does where you live matter and why?
Understanding health inequalities
locating people in geographical and social spaces
Individual deprivation, neighbourhood and recovery from illness
Housing wealth and community health
exploring the role of migration
Part 4: Assessing Policy Impact
Researching the impact of public policy on inequalities in health
References
Index.
Introduction
The challenge of health inequalities
Part 1: Ethnicity, Gender and Socio-economic Inequality
Ethnicity, health and the meaning of socio-economic position
Identity and structure
re-thinking ethnic inequalities in health
Dimensions of inequality and the health of women
Part 2: The Influence of Lifecourse and Biography
Lifecourse influences on health in early old age
Income and health over the lifecourse
evidence and policy implications
Barriers rooted in biography
how interpretations of family patterns of heart disease and early life experiences may undermine behavioural change in mid-life
Part 3: The Influence of Home and Place
Housing tenure and health inequalities
a three dimensional perspective on people, homes and neighbourhoods
Putting health inequalities on the map
does where you live matter and why?
Understanding health inequalities
locating people in geographical and social spaces
Individual deprivation, neighbourhood and recovery from illness
Housing wealth and community health
exploring the role of migration
Part 4: Assessing Policy Impact
Researching the impact of public policy on inequalities in health
References
Index.